What happend on 4th July

03.07
05.07
2005

The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.

2004

National Team of Greece won the EURO 2004 Cup after the Final against Portugal with 1-0.

2004

The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City. (This was largely a symbolic event; actual construction would not start for several weeks)

2002

A Prestige Airlines cargo Boeing 707 crashes just short of the runway in Bangui, Central African Republic killing 25

2002

Three people are shot at the El Al check-in booth at Los Angeles International Airport. The gunman is shot and killed by a security officer.

1998

Lin "Spit" Newborn and Daniel Shersty are murdered by neonazis in the desert just outside Las Vegas.

1997

NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.

1993

The Argentine national football team defeats mexico to win the Copa América 1993 in Guayaquil.

1989

14-year-old actress Drew Barrymore attempts suicide.

1987

In France, former Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie (aka the "Butcher of Lyon") is convicted of crimes against humanity and is sentenced to life imprisonment.